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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1946
Page
6
The piece argues Thanksgiving should be personal and enduring amid troubles, then covers Iowa conservation efforts. It notes a commission seeking approval to fund a motorized exhibit with 22 live pens to tour fairs. It promotes bringing government to the people and fostering outdoor understanding.
The state executive council is urged to support the conservation commission with a traveling wildlife exhibit proposal. The display aims to promote conservation awareness through mobile exhibits touring communities.
The author lampoons the belief that the head of the family can carve a turkey with ease noting the skill and physics involved. He cites manuals and common sense as insufficient and praises the skilled craftsman for real kitchen results. He jokes that Mothers and Pilgrim Fathers might have done better with minced turkey and spoons.
Marquis Childs argues that both individual initiative and cooperative traditions shaped the American heritage. He cites early Plymouth experiments with communal land and the shift to private farming, warning that overemphasis on individualism or communism alike can erode social cohesion and shared purpose.
Malcolm Bingay discusses postwar societal upheaval as people and nations react with fear and disorder. He cites references to divorce, moral decline, and chaotic city life while noting psychology offers explanations yet urges restraint in dwelling on it. The piece reflects a skeptical, period voice on moral crises after conflict.
A fragmentary column mocks politics with jokes about a 16 member Supreme Court and spectacles. It hints at delayed holidays and a quip about taxes after war, closing with a quip about Birnam Wood and Burns Macbe.
A polished man sits in a barber chair as the barber asks whether he wants a haircut or an oil change, sparking a minor moment of humor about mixing car service with grooming.
Proponents argue slashing income tax protects roots and growth in Detroit while opponents warn it ignores the national debt. Critics suggest debt will linger unless fiscal policy changes accompany tax cuts.
President Truman will dine on a Swift 35 pound bronze gobbler gifted by Wilton Hall of Anderson South Carolina amid shortages of canned tomatoes chocolate salmon and tuna forecast to stay tight for months. The piece notes historic Thanksgiving turkey origins and public sentiment on wartime shortages.
The article notes slim chances of early success in talks among the Big Four, as new factors loom. A UMW coal strike and France's Communist electoral gains harden Soviet positions, while U S aid to Italy tempers postwar economic revival and political sentiment.
George E. Sokolski surveys postwar policy abroad and at home. He praises steps toward international morality, notes tensions with Poland and Germany, and warns of coal shortages and the rising influence of communism in Italy and France. He criticizes the U.S. leadership and calls for a united Republican Democratic effort to restore moral government and reconstruction. He cautions about Soviet influence and urges decisive action on treaties with Germany.
A reader letters page argues against tonsillectomy for children aged eight and thirteen, citing medical literature that tonsillectomy may not reduce infections and can be risky. The writer condemns routine tonsil removal as an atrocity and urges restraint unless cancer is suspected.
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